I’m always curious about the triathlete’s story: Why do triathlon? What makes you successful? How did you balance the training with everything else? What did you learn along the way? Etc. I had the opportunity to interview Caitlin Harty. She’s a 25...
Triathlon Preparation Fundamentals You’ve signed up for your first triathlon. Now that you’ve committed, the race becomes real. It’s no longer, “Some day…” When I entered my first sprint triathlon at Atlantic Beach in Florida in...
There’s a lot that’s simple about training for the sport of triathlon on the surface. Swim. Bike. Run. However, in order to be truly successful for the long-term there’s a lot more to triathlon training than that. There’s both a science and an art to training for a...
This is a copy of an article about the triathlon off-season that I originally wrote last year for TrainingPeaks. It’s worth posting again here. When I started training for IRONMAN triathlons in the late 90’s in Virginia, I was jealous of all the...
What Distinguishes the Successful Triathletes from the Unsuccessful Triathletes? This is a question I’ve been pondering as the triathlon season ends in North America. Is it better genetics? The ability to train for as much time as needed? The ability to recover...
